I screenshot this from Asia Suler's Facebook page, because that is my reflex when something catches my eye or snags at my chest - and then I reposted it to a group I'm part of, where I thought it was likely to resonate. And then, I paused, and realized, I had kept it moving in … Continue reading Write this down. Let something go.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/KIswi_4yRaE The way we talk about mental health matters, and finding a shared language is an important way to make sure we are all on the same wavelength. On Monday, October 10, which was World Mental Health Day, CAMH shared this video. (Below isn't a full transcript, but some highlights. Listen to the video if … Continue reading Mental Health is not the opposite of mental illness, and it’s a community matter

Dawn Johnson from Stewardship Pemberton will be joining the Pemberton & District Public Library on Tuesday, October 19th at 7pm to discuss local foraging, what to look for and when and what do with your bounty! This event will be held on zoom, registration is required. If you'd like to attend please register here: http://ow.ly/kbvO50GrHfX

This offering, via little rituals, in a beautiful way of exploring the season we're in, this shoulder season, this counting down to halloween season. Autumn is really a season of two hands: one to hold the exquisite colours, ripened harvest, the memory of summer heat + the other to gather the press of darkness, pull … Continue reading ’tis the season for little rituals

Last Saturday we said, what if we embarked on a collective read-through of the Truth and Reconciliation Report, and what if we approached it as if it were a seminal text? Honouring the Truth, Reconciling the Future, the Summary of the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation of Canada, was released in 2015. It … Continue reading Reading The Summary of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, p 1-6

I am excited to share with you the latest t-shirt opportunity from the wonderful language revitalizers at the N’Quatqua Child and Family Development Centre - this time, it's a chance for the young men, age 13-18 to hear their names and roles called. Í7mats  grandchild ápa7 boy, man sqaycw skúza7  son qéqtsek  older brother stunc  nephew snúk̓wa7  … Continue reading Order your shirts by November 7, young men!

https://www.youtube.com/embed/i278TUoOawI Kúkwpi7 Gélpcal, Lil'wat's Cultural Chief Ashley Joseph spoke at Whistler TEDx event last month and his talk is now life on youtube! Check it out. "Have you ever tried to find yourself? I have. Have you ever tried to find what a system has tried to erase for 500 years? Honestly, I'm a bit … Continue reading “Generational trauma does exist. So does generational strength.” Kukwpi7 Gelpcal’s TED talk is now live!

I find that the only way I can really read a poem, is out loud. Maybe I'll whisper under my breath. But if I try to read it the way I read other things, my eyes skim and I don't hear the music of the words. This poem deserves to be said out loud, like … Continue reading remember. a poem by joy harjo

Something shifted this year, in Canada, I noticed. Land acknowledgements suddenly became mainstream. I'd noticed this happening in Australia over a decade ago. The two countries have really similar colonial histories (and uncannily similar "playbooks" for treating Indigenous peoples), so I wondered if or when the shift would happen here. I've seen hints of people … Continue reading A new way of thinking about Land Acknowledgements

Last week, I attended a workshop hosted by Emergence magazine, on Writing Beyond the Environment. I wasn't sure I could free up the time that day, even though I'd committed to it. So I opened the zoom room, with several other tabs open, still half-embedded in another word document... but I had my notebook ready, … Continue reading Strike a pose: what thanksgiving looks like, in your body